Purvis George BellBritishCaptain5th Bn. Yorkshire regiment attd​ 56th Coy. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)241 september 1892 , Bridlington , Yorkshire8 june 1917​Younger son of John Bowlt Purvis, and Charlotte Annie Parnell, of 6, Princess Terrace, Bridlington, Yorks.SingleEducated at Bridlington Grammar School where he was a member of the OTC​Mentioned in despatchesKlein Vierstraat British CemeteryPlot II , Row C , Stone 5

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8 june 191418 april 1915​From April 1915​15 september 1916October 1916​5 june 1917

Gazetted Second Lieutenant in the Yorkshire RegimentPromoted Lieutenant​Served in France and Flanders​Promoted Captain Transferred to the 19th DivisionWas under orders to return to Engalnd as an instructor at a Machine Gun School when he was killed in action while recoointring for new gun positions at the Battle of Messines.

His Brigadier General wrote :​' His death means a real loss, not only to the company but also the whole brigade.It will , I know , be a relief to you to know how highly we esteemed and admired your son.His high moral character and strength of will made one admire and respect him as a man, and his absolute fearlessness and thoughfiµulness for the well-being of his officers and men made him a soldier to be looked up to, respected and loved.I personally would have followed him anywhere, and I know this was the feeling of the other officers and all the men of the Company"

​He was Mentioned in Despatches by Sir Douglas Haig , London gazette 25 lay 1917, for gallant and distinguished service in the field